Citadel playbill - Romeo and Juliet

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Board of Governors Solomon Rolingher, Q.C. Chair Marshall Shoctor, Q.C. Past Chair J. G. Greenough, F.C.A. Treasurer Tom Redl, Secretary David D. Bentley, F.C.A. Frederick K. Campbell Jacqueline Charlesworth Marc de La Bruyère Anne Foote (Honourary) Ada Hole Ralph B. MacMillan Sandy Mactaggart (Honourary) Jack McBain Arliss Miller Catrin Owen Ex Officio Aroon Sequeira Chris Sheard Kayla Shoctor Dr. Robert Westbury Ralph Young

Board of Directors Catrin Owen President Aroon Sequeira Past President Dave Mowat Vice President Stuart Lee Treasurer Jane Batty Lesley Cormack Neil Gower Jane Halford Becky Hole Richard Kirby Ashif Mawji Lisa Miller Margot Ross-Graham Gaurav Singhmar Micah Slavens Larry Staples Sheila Witwicky

HonoUrary Directors

Jack N. Agrios, Ken Bautista, Jan Bentley, Joanne Berger, Christine Bishop, Dan Block, Guy Bridgeman, Frank Calder, Gary G. Campbell, Betty Carlson, Donald A. Carlson, Marilyn Cohen, Reg Copithorne, Len Dolgoy, Allison Edwards, Dennis Erker, Grant Fairley, John C. Forster, Frank Gibson, James Gillespie, Jean Hamilton, Brian Hetherington, Ted Hole, Mike House, Gary Killips, Beverlee Loat, Al Maurer, Maureen McCaw, Eva McGregor, Susan Minsos, Terry Nistor, Bob Normand, Ted Power, Jerry Preston, Henry (Hank) Reid, Rob Reynolds, Charlotte Robb, Barbara Shumsky, Esther Starkman, Marianne Takach, Merle Taylor, Mr. Justice Dennis R. Thomas, Brian Tod, John Tweddle, Brian Vaasjo, Chief Justice A.H. Wachowich, Bob Walker, Dr. Marvin Weisler, Bart West, Eve Willox, David Wilson, Doris Wilson, John Yerxa

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PREMIER | SUPPORTERS We gratefully acknowledge the significant support of our donors who make it possible for the Citadel to present world-class theatre that is accessible, intelligent, passionate and relevant.

ANNUAL SUPPORT Artistic Director’s Circle ($5000 +)

David & Jan Bentley Marc de La Bruyère & Stacy Schiff Ada Hole Muriel Hole John & Maggie Mitchell Tom & Corrie Redl Rob & Beth Reynolds Aroon Sequeira Chris & Dale Sheard Weir Family Fund Ralph & Gay Young

Director’s Club ($2500 - $4999)

Madam Justice L. Darlene Acton The Honourable John & Ruth Agrios Bob Baker & Tom Wood Dr. & Mrs. Luis & Alexis Baptista Guy Bridgeman & Dianne Ross John & Judith Cosco Doug & Wendy Davey Dr. Elizabeth Dixon & Dr. Ben Macedo Grant Dunlop & Erika Norheim Allison & Glyn Edwards Leslie Frankish Cecil & Anne Hoffman Wolfgang & Elizabeth Kaminski Don & Lorna Kramer Leo J. Krysa Family Foundation Sandy & Cécile Mactaggart Jack & Lorraine McBain Arliss Miller Ove & Susan Minsos Norbert & Patricia Morgenstern David J. Mundy Al & Fran Olson Esther Ondrack Playhouse Publications Ltd. Poole Family Jerry & Mary Preston

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PREMIER | SUPPORTERS Teresa Mardon Suzette Marxheimer Ian & Linda McConnan Douglas & Claire McConnell Norma & Gordon McIntosh Gordon & Agneta McKenzie Maureen & Jim Moran Bill & Joyce Mustard Laverne & Aaron Nathan Lewis & Lindsay Nakatsui Fred & Helen Otto Tom & Judy Peacocke Poster Tech Aline Pratch Curtis & Sandra Prosko Richard Remund Henry & Helen Resta Antoni & Lucyna Rojek Allen & Myrna Snart Marianne & Kent Stewart Neil & Merle D. Taylor Douglas & Dorothy Warren Crystal Willie Sarah Wylie

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To learn more about donating to the Citadel Theatre, please visit www.citadeltheatre.com or contact Sydney Stuart at (780) 428-2142 or sstuart@citadeltheatre.com.

As a registered charity, we rely on the generosity of our donors & sponsors.

Thank you to all of our supporters. Charitable BN 11922 7387 RR0001 ROMEO AND JULIET 7

PREMIER | SUPPORTERS We are proud to recognize our Premier Supporters, our partners in the creation of theatre at the Citadel Theatre/Robbins Academy.

The Hole Family • The John and Barbara Poole Family Fund the Eldon & Anne Foote Fund • The Robbins Foundation Canada The Joseph H. Shoctor fund

Government & Foundation Supporters

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $157 million to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country.

Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. L’an dernier, le Conseil a investi 157 millions de dollars pour mettre de l’art dans la vie des Canadiennes et des Canadiens de tout le pays.

Dr. Joseph H. Shoctor, 1922 – 2001

executive producer and founder, the citadel theatre

Joe’s vision brought professional theatre to Edmonton Joe’s dream built the Citadel Theatre Joe’s spirit continues to inspire the theatre we create today Joe’s legacy lives on through a generous gift to the Citadel from his estate

HENRY HOLE, 1884 - 1954 On the Citadel’s 30th Anniversary, a gift was made by the Company of Harry Hole, James F. Hole, Ralph K. Hole and Robert W. Hole on behalf of the Hole family — in honour of their late father, Henry Hole.

The Citadel Theatre is proud to honour Henry Hole’s integrity, compassion and leadership in the dedication of this complex to his memory.

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THE CITADEL WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE ON

C O U R T E S I E S

Dr. Ghalib Ahmed, The Banff Centre, University of Alberta Drama Department – Jane Kline, and the friendly staff at Coast Edmonton House.

ELECTRONIC DEVICES No doubt we have all been distracted by a cell phone, pager or watch alarm ringing or lighting up when attending the theatre.

Out of consideration for your fellow audience members we ask that you turn off all electronic devices that emit noise or light. Thank you.

ALLERGY ALERT For the safety of those with allergies, please refrain from the use of perfumes or scented products before coming to the theatre.

H E A R I N G A D VA N C E M E N T H E A D S E T S We offer headsets to patrons with hearing difficulties. Ask the usher at the door of the theatre. These are provided free of charge. You will be asked to leave your driver’s license as a deposit until the headset is returned at the end of the performance.

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L AT E S E AT I N G We endeavor to minimize the distraction for our patrons and the actors when seating latecomers. If you arrive late for a performance, you will be seated at the first appropriate moment in the play in designated latecomer seating. You are welcome to move to your assigned seat at intermission. If you must leave the theatre during a performance you will not be allowed to return to your seat until intermission.

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STUDENTS CLUB We are nearing the end of our season, and are pleased to welcome back our 1000 Students Club Members to enjoy this year’s Shakespeare masterpiece.

Michael Antonakos (Oberon) and Jonathan Purvis (Puck). EPIC photography.

The Maclab Enterprises Students Club is a Citadel Theatre/Robbins Academy program that offers a unique glimpse into the world of professional theatre to a wide range of junior and senior high school students from Edmonton and surrounding areas. n the first three Tuesdays and Wednesdays of our season’s productions, Students Club O members gather to enjoy a small reception before the show and then participate in a highly engaging, interactive presentation/demonstration involving one of the Citadel’s talented theatre artists. Following the performance, students are invited to stay for a lively talkback session with members of the production’s cast and crew.

Prior to seeing Romeo and Juliet, the students will be joined by their host, actor and singer, Patricia Zentilli and special guest, Jonathan Purvis, the fight choreographer for the show. Jonathan will be sharing his knowledge of the world of stage combat, and will give the students inside information on the creation of the combat scenes in Romeo and Juliet. Students will also have the opportunity to volunteer to learn some simple fight choreography, and get a close up view of one of the swords used in the show. Jonathan is an advanced actor combatant with Fight Directors Canada and the Nordic Stage Fight Society. He was the fight choreographer for the Citadel’s production of The Penelopiad as well as A Midsummer Night’s Dream where he appeared as the mischievous Puck.

If you would like to become part of this season’s Students Club, or require more information about the program, please contact Shirley Tran, Group Sales, at 780-428-2127.

For individual students who are interested in joining please email Shirley at groupsales@citadeltheatre.com and leave your name, contact information and the name of the school you attend.

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the Citadel Theatre presents William Shakespeare’s

STARRING NICK ABRAHAM, MABELLE CARVAJAL, JAMIE CAVANAGH, CHRIS W. COOK, IAM COULTER, MICHAEL DUFAYS, PAUL ESSIEMBRE, JONATHAN GOULD, MORGAN DAVID JONES, LOUISE LAMBERT, PATRICK LUNDEEN, BRENDAN McMURTRY-HOWLETT, ROSE NAPOLI, JESSE NERENBERG, J. LINDSAY ROBINSON, SHAINA SILVER-BAIRD, JAMIE WILLIAMS, ERIC WIGSTON with TYLOR BAER, GRACE BOKENFOHR, GAVIN DYER, SIAN GODSMARK, SAGE JEPSON, ERIN LEFLAR, MICHAEL LONG, WILLIAM PEEBLES, AIDAN SPILA Directed by.................................................................... TOM WOOD Set & Costume Designer............................................. CORY SINCENNES Lighting Designer......................................................... KEVIN HUMPHREY Original Composition by. . ............................................ MICHAEL BECKER Sound Designer............................................................ MICHAEL LAIRD Assistant Director......................................................... ANDREW RITCHIE Fight Director................................................................ JONATHAN PURVIS Fight Captain. . ............................................................... Michael Dufays Stage Manager............................................................. WAYNE PAQUETTE Assistant Stage Manager............................................ TRACEY BYRNE Assistant Stage Manager............................................ REBECCA CRASTER Child Supervisor (Mar 9 – 22).. ...................................... MURRAY CULLEN Child Supervisor (Mar 22 – April 27)............................. MOLLY PEARSON The play is approximately 3 hours in length with one intermission of 15 minutes.

The Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program represents a training partnership between The Citadel Theatre and The Banff Centre.

The Citadel engages, under the terms of the Canadian Theatre Agreement, professional artists who are members of the Canadian Actors’ Equity Association. Production personnel for the Citadel Theatre are members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Employees (I.A.T.S.E.)

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The Cast RULING HOUSE OF VERONA JONATHAN GOULD.......................................... Prince Escalus, the ruling Prince of Verona JAMIE CAVANAGH............................................ Mercutio, a kinsman of Escalus and

friend of Romeo J. LINDSAY ROBINSON. . .................................. Paris, kinsman of Escalus who wishes

to marry Juliet TYLOR BAER...................................................... Soldier to Prince Escalus WILLIAM PEEBLES............................................ Soldier to Prince Escalus GAVIN DYER....................................................... Mercutio’s Page MICHAEL LONG................................................. Paris’ Page HOUSE OF CAPULET PAUL ESSIEMBRE............................................. Capulet, Juliet’s father MABELLE CARVAJAL/IAM COULTER.. .......... Lady Capulet, Juliet’s mother ROSE NAPOLI/SHAINA SILVER-BAIRD. . ....... Juliet, Capulet’s daughter,

in love with Romeo NICK ABRAHAM.. ............................................... Tybalt, cousin of Juliet, and the

nephew of Capulet’s wife LOUISE LAMBERT............................................. Nurse, Juliet’s personal attendant

and confidante CHRIS W. COOK................................................ Peter, servant of the Capulet household GRACE BOKENFOHR....................................... Capulet Servant SIAN GODSMARK.. ............................................ Capulet Servant ERIN LEFLAR...................................................... Capulet Servant AIDAN SPILA.. ..................................................... Capulet Servant HOUSE OF MONTAGUE MICHAEL DUFAYS............................................ Montague, Romeo’s father MABELLE CARVAJAL/IAM COULTER.. .......... Lady Montague, Romeo’s mother MORGAN DAVID JONES/ BRENDAN McMURTRY-HOWLETT................ Romeo, son of Montague,

in love with Juliet JESSE NERENBERG......................................... Benvolio, Romeo’s cousin and best friend ERIC WIGSTON.................................................. Balthazar, servant of the Montague household SAGE JEPSON................................................... Montague Gang Member MICHAEL LONG................................................. Montague Gang Member OTHERS JAMIE WILLIAMS............................................... Friar Lawrence, a Franciscan friar,

Romeo’s confidant PATRICK LUNDEEN.......................................... Friar John, sent to deliver Friar Laurence’s

letter to Romeo Montague and Capulet Gang Members, Citizens of Verona, Servants, Ball Guests, Monks and Nuns are played by the members of the ensemble.

The role of Romeo is played on alternate performances by MORGAN DAVID JONES and BRENDAN McMURTRY-HOWLETT. The Role of Juliet is played on alternate performances by ROSE NAPOLI and SHAINA SILVER-BAIRD. The roles of Lady Capulet and Lady Montague are played by both MABELLE CARVAJAL and IAM COULTER on alternating performances.

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About the

Play is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare’s most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today, the title characters are regarded as archetypal young lovers.

Romeo and Juliet’s plot is based on an Italian story translated into verse as The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet by Arthur Brooke in 1562 and retold in Palace of Pleasure by William Painter in 1567. Shakespeare borrowed heavily from both but developed supporting characters, particularly Mercutio and Paris.

Believed to have been written between 1591 and 1595, it was first published in a quarto version in 1597. This text was of poor quality, and later editions corrected it, bringing it more in line with Shakespeare’s original.

Shakespeare’s use of his poetic dramatic structure, especially effects such as switching between comedy and tragedy to heighten tension, his expansion of minor characters, and his use of sub-plots to embellish the story, has been praised as an early sign of his dramatic skill. The play ascribes different poetic forms to different characters, sometimes changing the form as the character develops. Romeo, for example, grows more adept at the sonnet over the course of the play.

Romeo and Juliet has been adapted numerous times for stage, film, musical and opera. During the English Restoration, it was revived and heavily revised. David Garrick’s 18th-century version modified several scenes, removing material then considered indecent, and Georg Benda’s operatic adaptation omitted much of the action and added a happy ending. Performances in the 19th century restored the original text, and focused on greater realism. In the 20th and into the 21st century, the play has been adapted in versions as diverse as George Cukor’s comparatively faithful 1936 production, Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 version, Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 MTV-inspired Romeo + Juliet, and the 2013 non-Shakespearian adaptation by Carlo Carlei.

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Back in 1936, Carl Hubbell was baseball’s #1 pitcher. His signature delivery boasted a particular spin that fluttered and dropped, went in different directions and behaved in unexpected ways. It was called the “fadeaway” but Hubbell had his own name for it. He called it the “screwball.”

The word entered the language as a slang description of anything eccentric and unpredictable.

It didn’t take long for the term to be applied to a new kind of comic film that came out of Hollywood.

The screwball comedy really sprang from Hollywood’s misspent youth. In an effort to attract audiences in the ‘20’s and early ‘30’s the movies threw a big party. There was nudity, suggestive innuendo and lots of flappers losing their inhibitions (and other things) on the silver screen. Mae West invited us to, “Come up and see me sometime.” They may have celebrated all that sex and booze in decadent New York, but middle America became increasingly horrified. When it began to look as if box office would suffer, Hollywood created the dreaded Hays Office to “clean up” the movies. No longer could gangsters live the good life – until they were shot down by the cops. The words “god,” “hell,” “nuts,” and “dame” were banished. A toilet was never to be seen. Generations of young film goers learned that men and women, married or not, slept in separate beds.

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But tinsel town was the past master of the ol’ bait and switch. The studios, borrowing the word from their baseball brethren, created the “Screwball Comedy,” films that would offer, in the words of film critic Andrew Sarris, “a sex comedy without the sex.” Hollywood enlisted the help of a number of old-time silents directors, Lewis Milstone (The Front Page), Ernst Lubitz (Ninotchka) and discovered new writers and directors, such as Frank Capra (It Happened One Night) who began as a silent movie gag writer for the Keystone studios, Leo McCarey (The Awful Truth), Howard Hawks (Twentieth Century) and most notably, that master of rapid-fire comic dialogue, Preston Sturges (The Lady Eve). Most of the major stars of the time appeared in the 200 or so screwball comedies that were made before World War II came along and our interests fell to other pressing matters. Two of the best were Carole Lombard (Nothing Sacred) and Irene Dunn (The Awful Truth) and the films unearthed a previously unsuspected talent for comedy from Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn (Bringing up Baby), Henry Fonda (Nothing Sacred), William Powell (My Man Godfrey), Joel McRae (The Palm Beach Story), and many others.

The bleakness of life during the Great Depression gave Americans a need for escape, and these films gave it to them. The irreverent comedies sent up big business and small town life. They told us that marriage could be fun (The Thin Man). In the last reel, the values of polite society were inevitably reinforced but, up until then, the couple at the centre of the comic maelstrom nearly always had to overcome an initial dislike to pursue joint paths that

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led to kidnapping, election campaigns, scandals, runaway leopards, collapsing dinosaur bones, amnesia, divorce, murder, (suspected) adultery, cross-dressing and impersonations.

The plots were often driven by the ritualistic humiliation of one of the protagonists and featured beautiful people in unexpected and often embarrassing situations.

“I loved the terrific and fresh plot twists.

Unexpected and theatrical.”

A generation after screwball gave Hollywood a new lease on life, Tom Wood was a movie-struck kid growing up in Jasper Place. He was discovering the movies as his own personal “magic carpet ride.” Every Saturday afternoon he would, twenty-five cents in hand, go down to the Jasper Place Cinema. His favourites were Ray Harryhausen’s stop motion Sindbad fantasy films. In his early teens, his love of movies led him to discover screwball comedy. “The equality of the sexes appealed to me. The female character often called the shots – led the chase and made all the important decisions. I loved the terrific and fresh plot twists. Unexpected and theatrical.”

He never forgot those “golden age” films and they returned to his mind about five years ago. “I had the idea that I wanted to write a play about how love, at least over the long haul, is only achieved by working at it. With that idea, I sifted around for a context in

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“I had the idea that I wanted to write a play about how love, at least over the long haul, is only achieved by working at it.”

This being Tom Wood, he of the resonant adaptations of A Christmas Carol, Vanya and Pride and Prejudice, the new work was not to be a simple recreation, or homage to, a favourite movie style. “Part of the fun is letting the audience in on the early stages of a group of characters at work in the filming of a screwball musical comedy. We see them watching the ‘dailies’ (the movie’s word for watching the film of the previous day’s shoot) and their lives turn into a film. Soon, we don’t know if we are in a film or in the real world. Make Mine Love is a ridiculously ambitious project for any theatre to take on. It demands the talents of real filmmaking crews with a knowledge of new and cutting edge projectors and digital operating skills.” Much of the filmmaking took place a month ago at Victoria School of the Arts by local (now relocated to Vancouver) film whiz Jordan Dowler Coltman – under the watchful eye of director Bob Baker. The crew used the fabled Red Epic camera, employed

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If the original movies used dream casts – the top actors and actresses of the ‘30’s, so too Tom and his partner, dramaturge, co-developer and director Bob Baker chose the best in local comic actors. The John Barrymore-like lead is John Ullyatt and his Carole Lombard-like partner is Rebecca Northan, the irrepressible clown, Mimi,of the Citadel’s cabaret hit Blind Date. Enthuses Wood, “The play will also feature Julien Arnold, who is an amazing character actor who can always make me howl with laughter but is never shallow. Mark Meer (of CBC Radio’s The Irrelevant Show) is astonishing as the several characters he will be playing.” (Others in the cast are such local farceurs as Jana O’Connor, Farren Timoteo and James MacDonald.) Says Wood, “It’s an embarrassment of riches.”

The plot certainly comes across as your basic goofy screwball. It is the New York of 1938 and raffish matinee idol Hale Lane (Ullyatt) is on the lam from loan sharks.

He leaps into a handy limo only to discover it belongs to his ex-wife Lily Arlen (Northan), now a major movie star and world class diva. During the ensuing chase, of course, their love rekindles. What follows is classic stuff – disguises, train travel, singing, dancing, mistaken identities, car chases, love found/love lost, bus rides, quirky characters and a dizzying series of plot twists.

But despite all the screwball trapping and the technical wizardry, Wood promises his original dream of a play about the rigours needed to keep love alive. “I tried to never forget that under all that comedy, under the zany misunderstandings and twists and turns, there must be great loving, and beating hearts. Real pain, real longing, loneliness and a desperate desire for love and belonging.”

Make Mine Love previews on the main stage of the Citadel on May 10th and runs through June 1st.

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NICK ABRAHAM

Tybalt

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Romeo and Juliet is Nick’s Citadel debut. Selected theatre credits include Extremities, Den of Thieves, and The Jones Boy (surface/ underground theatre). Film and TV credits include The Four Horsemen, Conduct Unbecoming, Pride of Lions (directed by Sidney Furie), Flashpoint, Rookie Blue, MISSING, Would Be Kings, and Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures. Nick is from Toronto, Ontario where he attended Ryerson Theatre School. Nick is very grateful for this opportunity and would like to thank his family, friends and girlfriend for their continued love and support.

MABELLE CARVAJAL Lady Capulet/Montague

Romeo and Juliet is Mabelle’s Citadel debut. Selected theatre credits include Jack Goes Boating (Shadow Theatre/Sage Theatre), Hamlet (Shakespeare Company), Drama: Pilot Episode (ATP), Zac and Speth (ColdWater Theatre), The Crucible (Playhouse North), Godspell (Playhouse North) and The Crackwalker (Theatre Mystic).

Mabelle received the award for Best Featured Actress in a Play or Musical – 2012 Calgary Critics’ Award for Drama: Pilot Episode.

Mabelle is absolutely thrilled to be appearing in Citadel Theatre’s production of Romeo and Juliet. Heartfelt thanks go out to her wonderful program instructors and fellow participants.

JAMIE CAVANAGH

Mercutio

Previously at the Citadel Jamie appeared in A Christmas Carol and Death of a Salesman. Selected acting credits include Flight of the Viscount (Shadow Theatre), The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The Gertrude Stein Project, and Savage in Limbo (Studio Theatre); Much Ado About Nothing, Macbeth, Titus Andronicus, and Comedy of Errors (Freewill Shakespeare Festival); Zastrozzi: Master of Discipline and The Survival of Pigeons As Studied

by Human Lovers (Surreal SoReal Theatre); Edmund and The Overnight (Mer-Man Productions); and Romeo and Juliet, East of Berlin, and Hamlet (University of Alberta). Later this season, Jamie will be appearing in East of Berlin (Punctuate Theatre); Genius Code (Catalyst Theatre/Surreal SoReal Theatre); and Taming of the Shrew (Freewill Shakespeare Festival). Jamie also performs in weekly shows at Rapid Fire Theatre in Zeidler Hall. If you would like to keep track of what else Jamie is working on you can follow him on twitter @JamieKnifefight.

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CHRIS W. COOK

Peter

Chris is an Edmonton-based actor, writer, singer and podcaster.

This is his first appearance at the Citadel Theatre and he is beyond thrilled to be a part of this show. Select theatre credits include: Vigilante (Catalyst Theatre), Strike! (Workshop West Theatre), A Bronte Burlesque (Send in the Girls), Red Light Winter (Media Room, U of A), Dead Lover’s Day (Against the Wall), Death is Bullshit: The Pursuit of Pavement (Watch Me Productions), Bugged (Evergreen Theatre), An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein (Watch Me), and Mary’s Wedding (Augustana, U of A). Select film and television credits include: Hell on Wheels (AMC), Year After Year (Osmosis Ent), Rock Paper Dice Enter (RPDE Pro), Cardfight: Vanguard (Bluewater), and Dragonball Z (Bluewater). Since 2011 Chris has been producing and starring in his show Eyes of the Enemy, which has been remounted across western Canada. In his spare time Chris reads old books and co-produces the What It Is Podcast, an Edmonton Arts News and Comedy program available on iTunes. Thank you for coming and enjoy the show!

IAM COULTER

Lady Capulet/Montague

Romeo and Juliet is Iam’s Citadel debut. Iam has performed with Shakespeare & Company, Theatre Calgary, Vertigo Mystery Theatre, Alberta Theatre Projects, Theatre Junction and The Shakespeare Company. Directing credits include As You Like It, Henry VI Part iii, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth, Richard III, Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet by Ann-Marie MacDonald, The Queens by Normand Chaurette (The Shakespeare Company). As assistant director, Iam has worked with Marti Maraden (An Ideal Husband - Theatre Calgary’s Director’s Circle - 2008/2009) and Mark Bellamy (The 39 Steps - Vertigo Mystery Theatre). Iam is an actor, director, producer and teaching artist, and she served as the artistic producer of The Shakespeare Company in Calgary for 8 seasons. Iam holds a BFA (Drama) from the University of Calgary and has studied with Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts as both an actor and a teacher.

Iam is deeply grateful to be a part of this inspiring, magical and transformative experience.

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MICHAEL DUFAYS Montague/Fight Captain

Romeo and Juliet is Michael’s second Citadel show, having played Horne in Marty Chan’s The Forbidden Phoenix (2009). Selected theatre credits include Arigato, Tokyo (Buddies in Bad Times – for which he was nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award); The Voice of the Turtle (the Classic Theatre Festival – for which he was nominated for a Capital Critics Circle Award); and the Canadian premiere of Tick, Tick,… Boom (Acting Up Stage, Inaugural season). Michael was also nominated for “Breakout Action Star” (Action on Film Festival, L.A.) for the film Heroic Bloodshed.

Michael is a certified Instructor with Fight Director’s Canada and has taught at theatres and schools all around the GTA as well as at the Stratford Festival for two seasons, and has had the pleasure of working with Canadian theatre luminaries such as Colm Feore, Tom McCamus, Dion Johnson and Michael Therriault, and Directors Des McAnuff, Antony Cimolino and Jennifer Tarver. He is a graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (NYC), and studied under Jim Bonney in his Meisner Program (NYC).

PAUL ESSIEMBRE

Capulet

Previously at the Citadel Paul appeared in A Few Good Men. Paul has been performing professionally throughout the country for more than 20 years. He spent four seasons at The Stratford Festival, appearing in To Kill A Mockingbird, The Odyssey, The Duchess of Malfi, Don Juan, Macbeth, Amadeus and others.

Selected theatre credits include The Best Brothers (PTE); Other People’s Money (MTC); The Normal Heart, The Overwhelming and Stuff Happens (Studio 180); Don Juan (Théâtre du Nouveau Monde); L’Emmerdeur, Dîner de Cons, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme and Art (Théâtre Français de Toronto); Tillsonburg (Canadian Stage); Zadie’s Shoes and Oui (Factory Theatre); Sleuth (Segal Theatre); Othello (Atlantic Theatre Festival); Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Centaur Theatre); and The Taming Of the Shrew (World Stage Festival). Paul has also appeared in more than 50 film and television projects including the upcoming feature film Strings.

Recent favourites include Jack: The Jack Layton Story (CBC); Less Than Kind (HBO Canada); The Christmas Heart (Hallmark); Suits (NBC); and Covert Affairs (USA Network). Extensive work as a voice artist includes documentary narration, animated series and countless commercial voice-overs.

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JONATHAN GOULD

Prince Escalus

Romeo and Juliet is Jonathan’s Citadel debut. Selected theatre credits include Ring of Fire (Grand Theatre); The Doctor’s Dilemma, The President, Maria Severa, An Ideal Husband, Summer and Smoke, The Kiltartan Comedies (Shaw Festival); Awake and Sing (Soulpepper); Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, London Assurance, The Count of Monte Cristo, and The Triumph of Love (Stratford Festival); Substance of Fire (Lincoln Center Institute); Hilda’s Yard (TNB); As You Like It, The Lower Depths, Our Town, 1776, and Chekhov in Yalta (NCSA). Jonathan’s Film and TV credits include Scaredy Squirrel, Beyblade (YTV); Budrus (CBC); Buck Calder Experience (Chum City/Citytv); and Baby Brain (Blue Roof Pictures). He is also a singer, songwriter and musician based in Toronto. He was a co-writer for the Juno Award winning album Music Soup and has performed in cities across Canada and the United States. Jonathan is a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts with a BFA in Classical Theatre and the Birmingham Conservatory at the Stratford Festival.

MORGAN DAVID JONES

Romeo

Romeo and Juliet is Morgan’s Citadel debut. Selected theatre credits include The History Boys (Melbourne Theatre Company) and Richard III (Bell Shakespeare). Morgan directed and coproduced Blowing Whistles in 2012 for Landmark Productions.

Television credits include Arctic Air, Supernatural, Stargate Universe, All Saints, Home & Away and the Golden Globe/Emmy Award nominated series Tsunami: The Aftermath. Morgan is the recipient of the 2005 Nigel Rideout Award, the 2005 Robert Finley Award, and the 1999 Best Male Actor Award (Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts). He was nominated for the prestigious 2010 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Supporting Performer for his role in Sydney Theatre Company’s A Streetcar Named Desire starring opposite Cate Blanchett.

Morgan is originally from Australia and is currently living in Vancouver, B.C. and is a graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.

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LOUISE LAMBERT

Nurse

Romeo and Juliet is Louise’s Citadel debut. Selected theatre credits include Dracula, The Hart Tree (O’Leary Theatre); Let’s Do Long Form (The Baltimore House); The Wind In The Willows (Hart House Theatre); Second City Improv (John Candy Box Theatre); and All’s Well That Ends Well, Pride and Prejudice, Peer Gynt, and The Imaginary Invalid (George Brown Theatre). Television credits include Train 48 (Global), Werewolves the Dark Survivors, Mug Shot, and CBC’s Triple Sensation. Louise is from Toronto and has made Edmonton her home with her partner Teo. She is incredibly excited to become a part of Edmonton’s fantastic theatre scene.

Louise is a graduate of George Brown Theatre School, Second City Improv Training Centre and the Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program.

PATRICK LUNDEEN

Friar John

Previously at the Citadel, Patrick has appeared in A Christmas Carol and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He began his theatre career in Edmonton at the Victoria School of the Performing and Visual Arts, he then graduated from the National Theatre School in 2009. Recent theatre credits include Sia (Pyretic Productions), and Kill Me Now (Workshop West Theatre). Patrick is co-founder and now Chair of the Common Ground Arts Society (CGAS). He is an instructor at the Citadel’s Foote Theatre School as well as an associate on the Citadel’s Audience Development team helping to facilitate the Maclab Student’s Club. Patrick would like to thank his partner Lianna, his parents, family, and friends.

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BRENDAN McMURTRY-HOWLETT

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Romeo

Romeo and Juliet is Brendan’s Citadel debut. Selected theatre credits include Richard III (Shakespeare In The Ruff); Pride & Prejudice (Theatre Calgary/NAC), Innocence Lost (Centaur Threatre/NAC); Bea (Actor’s Rep. Co.); The one-person-show “…and stockings for the ladies” (Rustwerk/NYC); The Overwhelming (CanStage/Studio 180); Percy Shelley in The Apology (NextStage – Dora Nomination); Hwy 63: The Fort Mac Show (Architect Theatre) and Florizel in The Winter’s Tale (CanStage). Brendan is the founding Artistic Director of Shakespeare in the Ruff a Torontobased outdoor theatre company (www.shakespeareintheruff. com). He is from Toronto and is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada.

ROSE NAPOLI

Juliet

Previously at the Citadel: Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Selected theatre credits elsewhere include Mary’s Wedding (MHC); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Canadian Stage); The Fan (Odyssey – for which she was nominated for a Prix Rideau for Outstanding Female Performance); Hamlet and Macbeth (SLSF); Half Life (The Rose); The Full Monty, Alice in Wonderland (STC); Proof (WTF); I Ought to be in Pictures (Showboat); The Odd Couple (UCP); and a staged workshop of A View from the Bridge with her own wee theatre company. As a playwright, Rose recently had a workshop of her first play, Oregano (MHC), and looks forward to a full production this upcoming season. Rose is honoured to be coming back to the Citadel to play Juliet and extends much thanks to Tom, Bob, James, and the entire Citadel team for this opportunity. Much love to her fellow participants who have inspired her so much and to her family who have supported all of her crazy dreams.

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JESSE NERENBERG

Benvolio

Romeo and Juliet is Jesse’s Citadel debut. Selected theatre credits include Raleigh in Journey’s End (The Empty Room); Don John in Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare Bash’d); The oneman show The SantaLand Diaries (L’il Frosty Co-op); Alan Strang in Equus (Hart House); Charlie in Mary’s Wedding (Brantbury Fair Co-op); Aaron in Can I Really…? (Teatron/Toronto Centre for the Arts); Far From the Heart/Loin du Coeur (Sheatre/Ontario Tour); Thumb (Prague Fringe); Horst in Bent (Theatre Engine); Billy Corman in Serious Money (Ryerson Theatre). Jesse’s film and television credits include Warehouse 13 (SyFy Network), The Transporter (HBO Canada), and Canadian Made and Storming Juno (History Television Canada). Jesse is from Montreal and is a graduate of Ryerson Theatre School.

J. LINDSAY ROBINSON

Paris

Romeo and Juliet is Lindsay’s Citadel debut. Selected theatre credits include Crazy for You (Theatre by the Bay); Lord of the Flies (LOT); Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat (Chemainus Theatre Festival); and Little Shop of Horrors (OK Stage). Lindsay is very happy to be a part of this year’s program. He would like to give many thanks to the Citadel Theatre for this once in a lifetime opportunity. Lindsay is from Vancouver and is a graduate of The Canadian College for the Performing Arts. Lindsay sends thanks to M & D, J & T, US & AC. Enjoy the show!

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SHAINA SILVER-BAIRD

Juliet

Romeo and Juliet is Shaina’s Citadel debut. Selected theatre credits include Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare in Action); Macbeth (Shakespeare in Action); A Night of Shanley (Half Pint Theatre); One in a Million (Toronto Fringe Festival – Patron’s Pick); Olga (New Voices Festival); Little Crickets (SummerWorks); Program (SummerWorks Musical Works in Concert); Saved (Bound to Create/Toronto Fringe – Patron’s Pick); 4:48 Psychosis (Festival of Ideas and Creation). Shaina recently appeared in The Lamp which won Best Drama at the Toronto Short Film Festival.

She is also the lead singer/songwriter for the folk band Crooked House Road (www.crookedhouseroad.com) and has worked in an administrative capacity with Nightwood Theatre, SummerWorks and The Canadian Stage Company. Shaina is from Toronto and holds a BFA in Performance from the Acting Conservatory Program at York University.

ERIC WIGSTON

Balthazar

Previously this season, Eric appeared in A Christmas Carol. An Edmonton-based actor and entrepreneur, selected theatre credits include Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Shear Madness (Mayfield Dinner Theatre); The Soul Collector (Catalyst Theatre); On The Banks Of The Nut, The Adulteress, Cause And Effect (Teatro La Quindicina); That Men May Fly (Lunchbox Theatre); Jeremy De Bergerac (Forte Musical Theatre Guild); Evil Dead: The Musical (Hit & Myth Productions); and Poof!: The Musical (Capitol Theatre). When he isn’t acting Eric runs his own local food business, Gourmet Granola in local Farmers’ Markets and selling out of Save-On Foods stores.

He’d like to thank his family and his beautiful girlfriend Emma for their copious amounts of support and love.

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JAMIE WILLIAMS

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Friar Lawrence

Jamie has had the privilege of performing on stages across the country but makes his debut at the Citadel with Romeo and Juliet.

Selected theatre credits include Oswald in King Lear, Lennox in Macbeth, Peter Simple in Merry Wives of Windsor, and Needle Nugent in Juno and the Paycock (Stratford Festival); Jr. Detective Williams in the GG award-winning Possible Worlds (Theatre Passe Muraille, The NAC, Ex Machina, and The Neptune); originated the role of Byron Hobbs in Norm Foster’s Skin Flick (Neptune Theatre, STC, Victoria Playhouse Petrolia); The Invisibility of Eileen (Theatre Northwest); Noises Off (Theatre Aquarius); The Hobbit (Y.P.T); Run For Your Wife (Stage West Mississauga); Crazy For You, and The Odd Couple (Huron Country Playhouse); Othello (Ford Performing Arts Centre); Sir John, Eh? The Musical (Theatre Passe Muraille); Homeward Bound (The Grand Theatre/N.A.C); Life’s A Dream (Skylight Theatre); Twelfth Night (Canadian Stage); Macbeth (Walking Shadow). Jamie is thrilled to be part of the Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Program and to be performing in Edmonton at the Citadel for the first time.

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TOM WOOD

Director

Tom’s directing credits at the Citadel include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Glass Menagerie, Doubt, a parable, The Sound of Music, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Homeward Bound and Metamorphoses. Tom was seen onstage earlier this season as James Tyrone in Long Day’s Journey Into Night. Other Citadel credits include his Sterling nominated performance of Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman, ten seasons playing Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, Selsdon in Noises Off, John in Shining City (Sterling Award), Martin Dysart in Equus and Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Sterling Award). Tom’s writing credits include adaptations of: The Three Musketeers, A Christmas Carol, Servant of Two Masters, Vanya, Peter Pan and Pride and Prejudice. Later this season we are presenting the World Premiere of his new play Make Mine Love, a comedy set in the Golden Age of Hollywood.

ANDREW RITCHIE

Assistant Director

Andrew is excited and honoured to be part of the 2014 Citadel/ Banff Centre Professional Program. Selected directing credits include Boogie Monster Club and Birdie on the Wrong Bus (Snow Globe Festival); Assistant Director - Bitches & Money 1878 (Northern Light Theatre); KANKER in Heaven Only Knows and Miles Away (Edmonton Fringe), The Bone Cage (Grant MacEwan University); Pushed (Nextfest); and Crazyface (Abbedam). Selected acting credits include National Elevator Project (Theatre Yes), Shake the Fringe, The Shake Down, A Midsummer’s Lucid Dream, Twelfth Night, and Shake the Bar (TAH Theatre); and Woman in the Red Dress (Nextfest). He is the co-artistic director of Thou Art Here Theatre (www.facebook.com/TAHtheatre), the Festival Director for the 3rd annual Found Festival (www.commongroundarts.ca) and an improviser with Rapid Fire Theatre. Andrew holds a Bachelor of Arts in Drama with Distinction from the University of Alberta.

Upcoming, Andrew is directing a roving adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing at the Rutherford House Historic Site. He would like to thank his family, friends, and Marlee for all their support.

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CORY SINCENNES Set & Costume Designer

Earlier this season, Cory designed the set for Disney’s Mary Poppins. Cory’s Citadel credits include Monty Python’s Spamalot (Sterling Award), Next to Normal (Sterling Award), The Rocky Horror Show and Little Women: The Broadway Musical. Other theatre credits include Where the Blood Mixes for Theatre Aquarius/WCT; Chicago and Boeing Boeing for Mayfield Dinner Theatre; Mump and Smoot for ATP; Julius Caesar and The Tempest, Freewill Shakespeare Festival; Bigshot for Surreal Soreal/Ghost River and Communion and Woman in Black for Theatre Network. Cory holds a degree in Architectural Studies from Carleton University and a MFA in Theatre Design from U of A. He is a member of Associated Designers of Canada.

KEVIN HUMPHREY

Lighting Designer

Kevin Humphrey is excited to be part of this production of Romeo and Juliet. Previous lighting design work at the Citadel Theatre includes Billy Twinkle: Requiem for a Golden Boy and Penny Plain for which he was nominated for a Sterling Award. He also created the lighting environment in The Club and has designed numerous events inside. For over 10 years he has toured around the world with Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes as their Director of Lighting. His designs for theatre and dance have been seen across Canada, Europe, Australia, China and the United States. He has just returned from a design engagement at the Kennedy Centre in Washington, DC. When not busy designing lights he also works as the Principal Lighting Operator at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium.

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MICHAEL BECKER

Composer

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Becker composed and designed sound for theatre, radio dramas and television for thirty-five years. He began his career at Theatre Calgary where he did sound design for many productions and was also Head of Sound for two seasons. Becker worked all across Canada at theatres including Alberta Theatre Projects, Manitoba Theatre Centre and the Stratford Festival. He had the most fun doing all the music for the television show Acorn, the Nature Nut and often worked with the piano player from Servant of Two Masters, Darcy Phillips, doing the music for Jake and the Kid. In 2000 Becker did the original sound design for the Citadel’s A Christmas Carol which held a special place in his heart and his work is heard in the annual production to this day. Other Citadel credits include both productions of Peter Pan, The Lark, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Death of a Salesman, The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 1984, Metamorphoses and Measure for Measure.

MICHAEL LAIRD

Sound Designer

Selected Sound Design credits: Once On This Island (Acting Up Stage); Annie, Cinderella, A Year with Frog and Toad, The Princess and the Handmaiden, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, The Wizard of Oz (YPT); Seussical (YPT/Citadel Theatre); Spamalot!, Sound of Music, Little Women (Citadel Theatre); God of Carnage, Clybourne Park, Stuff Happens (Studio 180/Mirvish); Our Class, The Overwhelming, Blackbird (Studio 180); Great Expectations, Barber of Seville (Soulpepper); The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Thousand Islands Playhouse); Speaking in Tongues, Through the Leaves, Festen, Marion Bridge (Company Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Canadian Stage); A Synonym for Love (Volcano Theatre); Evil Dead: The Musical (Off B’way & Toronto); A Beautiful View (da da kamera).

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JONATHAN PURVIS Fight Director/Choreographer

Last season at the Citadel, Jonathan was Fight Director on The Penelopiad and was Assistant Choreographer and Dance Captain for Monty Python’s Spamalot. Other Citadel credits include Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Three Musketeers, Little Women: the Musical, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and The Forbidden Phoenix. Selected acting credits elsewhere include Singin’ in the Rain (Chemianus Theatre); Little Shop of Horrors (Thousand Island Playhouse); Beauty and the Beast (Sudbury Theatre Centre); Love’s Labours Lost (The Shakespeare Company); Dying City (Pangloss Production); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Theatre Calgary); The Forbidden Phoenix (YPT and MTYP); Gnomes and The Princess and the Peabrain at the Calgary Fringe; and Almost Maine (The Motel Space). He has also appeared as an actor and stuntman in numerous independent films and shorts.

Jonathan is the co-founder of a youtube action channel called Action Playground (www.actionplayground.ca). He has studied stage combat, dance and gymnastics extensively alongside his acting career. Jonathan was a two-time participant of the Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program. Jonathan would like to thank his parents and Alana for their endless love and support.

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WAYNE PAQUETTE

Stage Manager

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Earlier this season, Wayne worked on A Christmas Carol and Long Day’s Journey Into Night. Additional Citadel credits include Monty Python’s Spamalot, Next to Normal, The Sound of Music, Death of a Salesman and The Three Musketeers. For the Citadel, Wayne has directed Blackbird, co-directed The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead, and assistant directed The Wizard of Oz, The Glass Menagerie and Doubt, a parable. Wayne is the artistic director of Blarney Productions, an artistic associate with Shadow Theatre, and is an associate member of the Robbins Academy for the Citadel Theatre. Some of his favourite credits include assistant directing Shining City and The Forbidden Phoenix (Citadel Theatre); directing Three Viewings, Glorious!, The Dazzle, and The Country (Shadow Theatre); Marty Chan’s Mothership Down and God’s Eye (Paper Tiger Productions); Afterplay, The Christian Brothers, Madagascar, The Good Thief, A Body of Water, Orange Flower Water, Skirmishes, and The Year of Magical Thinking (Blarney Productions). Most recently, Wayne directed Murielle, a new play by Ellen Chorley (Blarney Productions/Promise Productions) and Linda Griffith’s Age of Arousal (Blarney Productions/The Maggie Tree). Much love to Denise.

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TRACEY BYRNE Assistant Stage Manager

Tracey is delighted to be a part of the Romeo and Juliet Company.

Recent stage managing credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Freewill Shakespeare Festival), and Penelopiad (Citadel Theatre). Thanks to Wayne and Rebecca!

REBECCA CRASTER Assistant Stage Manager

Rebecca is a stage manager for theatre and opera. This is her first Citadel production. She worked for six seasons at Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival, notably on Cymbeline, Troilus & Cressida, A Winter’s Tale and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead. She stage-managed her first production of Romeo & Juliet 12 years ago for Emerging Actors Mentors Co-op, and has worked with many other companies in Vancouver including The Arts Club, The Firehall Arts Centre and Bocca del Lupo. Rebecca was the assistant stage manager for Vancouver Opera for 3 seasons: notably on Der Rosenkavalier, Les Dialogues des Carmélites and Faust. She then stage-managed their touring productions for 4 seasons. Rebecca recently received a diploma in Arts & Cultural Management from MacEwan University. When not backstage, Rebecca is the Administrative Assistant for Opera NUOVA working primarily in Audience & Resource Development, Operatic Young Artist Programs and the Vocal Arts Festival. She is a graduate of York University.

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AT THE CITADEL, we do not just put on plays, we build theatre for today, tomorrow and

beyond. The Robbins Academy at the Citadel Theatre is the most comprehensive program for creative development in professional theatre in Canada. Offering programs for both emerging and established theatre professionals, the Robbins Academy encompasses five specialized programs under one unique umbrella:

THE CITADEL/BANFF CENTRE PROFESSIONAL THEATRE PROGRAM is now in its sixth year. This Program, conceived by Citadel Theatre Artistic Director Bob Baker, and under the direction of Program Director James MacDonald, provides performers a distinct alternative to other professional theatre training programs in North America. Our curriculum focuses on the development of advanced skills for professional actors and directors, properly equipping them with the necessary tools to pursue and sustain successful careers.

We would like to acknowledge the generosity and vision of the original supporters of the Program: • The Eldon and Anne Foote Fund of the Edmonton Community Foundation • The John and Barbara Poole Family Fund • Canadian Western Bank and the Pechet Family The Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program has continued to grow and thrive with the ongoing support of • The Eldon and Anne Foote Fund of the Edmonton Community Foundation with the stewardship of David Bentley • The RBC Foundation And the recent support of • Government of Alberta PLAY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM With the continued commitment to produce world premières on our stages, we offer resources and professional expertise to assist playwrights in developing their work to its greatest potential. Over the last decade the Citadel has developed and produced 18 World Premieres, 13 of which have been subsequently produced elsewhere, taking the name of the Citadel and Edmonton around the world. Our audiences have not only experienced the inaugural productions of these plays but have also had the unique opportunity to participate in their development.

THE CITADEL THEATRE YOUNG COMPANIES is an advanced training and mentorship program for aspiring artists between the ages of 16-21 who are serious about pursuing post-secondary education and a career in theatre. This year-long program offers specialized training in Acting, Musical Theatre, Playwriting and Theatre Production.

THE ELDON AND ANNE FOOTE THEATRE SCHOOL (FTS) is the oldest and largest theatre school in Edmonton. Since 1966 we have provided year round classes for all ages and experience levels, teaching physical, technical and creative skills in both acting and musical theatre.

Over 1,000 students annually are taught by our faculty of 25 local theatre professionals.

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ARTISTIC ASSOCIATES FTS Teaching Assistants Theresa Hovdestad

Brian Dooley

Sophie Gareau-Brennan Katie Hudson Josh Languedoc Lianna Makuch Nadine Nahas

Doug Mertz

ADMINISTRATION

James MacDonald

Director, Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program

Director, Play Development Director, FTS & Young Companies

Marianne Bouthillier

Resident Music Director

Peni Christopher

Don Horsburgh

Wayne Paquette

Academy Associate

Diana Stevenson

Manager, Foote Theatre School

Young Company Instructors Shannon Boyle Dave Horak Don Horsburgh Heather Inglis Jennifer McMillan Jackie Pooke Linda Rubin Bridget Ryan Kate Ryan Adrianne Salmon FTS Instructors April Banigan Mhairi Berg Adam Blocka Shannon Boyle Ashley Butler Gregory Caswell Ellen Chorley Crystal Hanson Sally Hunt Binaifer Kapadia Meghan Koshman Annette Loiselle Patrick Lundeen Tim Mikula Michele Miller Barb Mah Gail Olmstead Andrew Ritchie Matt Schuurman Liana Shannon Linette Smith Jennifer Spencer Eileen Sproule

Associate Executive Director

House Manager

Debbie Theuss

Rentals Manager

Pat Bradley

Director of Finance

Daniel Jee

Accounts Payable/ Receivable

Cheryl Sinclair

Payroll Accountant

Fund DEVELOPMENT Angie Sotiropoulos Neil Luipasco

Props

Director, Fund Development

Marc Anderson

Manager, Fund Development

Assistant Head Stage Carpenter

Head Stage Carpenter

Shirley Tran

Sydney Stuart

Andrew Hill

Kristen Hiemstra Josh Wickard

PRODUCTION

Dan Beggs

School Booking Coordinator

Assistant Box Office Managers

Guest Services Asst. to the Artistic Director/ Supervisors Company Manager Myrna Gosnell Laurie McInnes Amanda Gregoire Business Affairs Mark Harding Courtney Lair AUDIENCE Tara-Lee LaRose DEVELOPMENT Jacob Liska Hannah Whittaker Director Peter Sam Terry Schmolcke Neil Le Grandeur Associate Mark Stubbings Patrick Lundeen Guest Services Associate Representatives Patricia Zentilli Cody Carver Associate Victoria deJong Carol Dreger FACILITY Jessica Glover Louis Barron Marg Gronnestad Director Christina Harbak Maintenance Jessica Kavanagh Colin Deegan Rebecca Loudon Manager Melissa MacDonald Bill Daniels Stuart McDougall Assistant Maintenance Brittany Molner Manager Abbie Murison Bee Clean Services Carly Neis Security Chris Powell Alberta Crowd Joyanne Rudiak Management Mark Sinongco Building Porter Valerie Smart William Cardle MARKETING & Tara Gale

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Director, Marketing & Communications

Kristen Finlay Administrator

Jason Magee

Manager, Media Relations

Angelica Menck

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Manager, Corporate Relations

Director/ Box Office Manager

Coordinator, Beyond the Stage Marketing

Kimberlee Stadelmann Neil LeGrandeur

Cheryl L. Hoover

Stage Carpenter

Director

Denis Pellerin

Technical Director

Patsy Thomas

Resident Stage Manager

Kayla Fulton

Assistant Technical Director

Judith Darough

Assistant Technical Director

Claude Tanguay

Bill Heron

Michelle Chan Patrick Fraser

Stephanie Ripley

Stage Carpenter Head of Wardrobe Assistant Head of Wardrobe Cutter Cutter

Kyla Maki

Julie Davie

Owen Hutchinson

Kathleen Morley

Ian Trace

Barbara Becker

Peter Locock

Brenda Inglis

Chris Hayes

Barb Markert

Administrative Assistant Head of Audio

Assistant Head of Audio Head of Scenic Carpentry

First Hand First Hand Fabricator Stitcher Stitcher

Assistant Head of Scenic Carpentry

Genevieve Savard

Scenic Carpenter

Ava Siemens

Scenic Carpenter

Michelle Warren

Head of Electrics

Karen Beames

Electrics

Lorraine Price

Greg Cardinal

Serge Menard

Sheila Cleasby

Meaghan Skerik Ben Eastep Electrics

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Amy Kucharuk

Richard Stevens

Michelle Warren

Head of Scenic Paint

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Assistant Head of Scenic Paint

Kathryn Neuman

Scenic Paint

Ava Siemens

Head of Props

Samantha J. Rumball

Assistant Head of Props

Tammy Fox

Props

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Nicole Deibert Jim Meers

Charlotte Hunt

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The Citadel is grateful for the kind generosity of its volunteers listed below. If you want to volunteer with the Citadel, please call Theresa Hovdestad at 780-428-2118 or e-mail volunteers@citadeltheatre.com.

Johanna Andreoff, Gale Arneson, Nelda Arnst, Judith Babcock, Carolyn Bell, Jacqueline Bell, Shelley Benson, Erika Beyer, Ursula Blumentrath, Jeanine Bonot, Florence Borch, Ken Borch, Shirley Boven, Loveth Bradley, Allan Budlong, Eileen Budlong, Jeanette Calder, Collin Campbell, Patrick Caron, Dee Cartledge, Gina Chea, Victoria DeJong, Carol Dreger, Shirley Dunn, Clifford Edwards, Lil Filewych, Laurie Fornal, Wendy Fraser, Gilberte Gagne, Irene Gagne, Louise Gagne, Doreen Gagnon, Jackie Genest, Mervan Gorrie, Sharon Green, Christine Hall, Vicki Hall, Jeffrey Haswell, Rosemarie Heaney, Brad Heller, Marilyn Hemsing, Daniel High, Amelia Hihn, Maria Hollinshead, Ron Homenchuk, Laura Hughes, Judy Hume, Laura Hughes, Bruce Johnson, Madalyn Johnson, Jessica Kavanagh, Kathleen Kellman, Carol Klass, Eva Kopecka, Arndt Kuethe, Janice Kuethe, Bonnie Labranche, Kim Lang, Nicole Leblanc-Lamarre, Ron Levang, Coral Levang, Karen Lewis-Caron, Fran Linklater, Elizabeth Luchko, Marlene Lukevich, Caroline Lutz, Ross MacHetchuk, Dawn Madill, Wesley Matte, Angella Matthew, Donna McKay, Tom McLean, Donna Miller, Karen Miller, Janice Minamide, Monica Molina-Ayala, Donna Molloy, Robert Moore, Joan Murchie, Sulochana Muthia, Patricia Navarro, Florence Nieberding, Gaetan Nolet, Gina Nolet, Dennis Nolan, Barbara Olynyk, Linda Orlecki, Nicole Orlecki, Edith Parsons, Susan Patenaude, Anna Popowich, Joyce Powell, Kevin Przyswitt, Renee Przyswitt, Doreen Pysar, Monica Robillard, Louise Rogucki, Audrey Ross, Ian Ross, Helen Rusich, Joyce Schwan, Angela Seery, Phil Slawsky, Valerie Smart, Phyllis Solsberg, Evelyn Stark, Charlotte Stel, Eileen Stephens, Shu-wen Tham, Diane Trithardt, Rose Unguran, Mona Vandersluys, Brenda Voyce, Laura Wallace, Jason Way-Kowalchuk, Selena Wang, Kay Willekes, Bonnie Woloschuk, Denise Woollard, Laura Wylde, Lil Yewchuk ROMEO AND JULIET 61

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